Nautilus Bookshop
Welcome to the Nautilus Bookshop – a collection of great reads to enjoy at sea and ashore. A partnership between Marine Society and Nautilus International, the bookshop stocks recent releases on a range of maritime topics, including ship histories, seafarer memoirs, studies of the Merchant Navy in wartime and even the occasional nautical novel.
The Book of the Month will feature a special discount during its respective month. All the books here have been reviewed in the Nautilus Telegraph, and new titles are added each month.
If you have a recently-published maritime book that you would like the Nautilus Telegraph to consider for review, please email: [email protected]
Featured products
Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea
£38.00
When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans.
Pulling Together: The Making of a Global Maritime Trade Union
£19.99
The Book of the Month January 2024. This in-depth history will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in maritime or trade union history. The history of Nautilus is also of relevance to all unions organising in an increasingly globalised and unstable labour market. Ilustrated with 50b/w and 20 colour photos.
Meteorology for Seafarers, 6th Edition
£70.00
Meteorology for Seafarers is a technical book which aims to explain the complexities of the atmosphere and provide the information needed for professional seafarers aspiring to first class certificates of competency.
Tugs and Towing Around Britain
£15.99
The book features previously unpublished photographs from the author’s collection accompanied by informative captions.
The Rescue Ships and The Convoys
£25.00
Book of the month December 2024. The Rescue Ships and The Convoys : Saving Lives During The Second World War.
Blowing Hot and Cold
£19.99
Thermotank and the Story of Air Conditioning at Sea. The Book of the month November 2024.
Sailing Ships from Plastic Kits
£25.00
Despite their ease of assembly, plastic models of sailing ships, like the ships themselves, are complicated to build. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout, this book is an ideal addition to the purchase of any plastic ship kit. It describes and demonstrates techniques unique to plastic sailing ship models, allowing the construction of authentic and personally satisfying models.
Sea, Sand and, Katrina
£9.99
The novel follows the challenge of getting "Princess Katrina", seaworthy for the cruising season by Ben Sharpe, a former merchant navy officer and his family who live onboard.
Murder on the Holigan Express
£5.95
Murder on the Holigan Express: It's a Ferry Story
Ocean Liners: A New History
£25.00
Nautilus Telegraph's book of the month for January 2025
Operation Title: Sink the Tirpitz
£22.00
This is a readable and at times moving account of Operation Title, the attempt to disable the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway using human torpedoes or “Chariots”.
Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2025
£27.00 £30.00
10% OFF. This is the established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of boaters.
Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia
£25.00
NOT YET PUBLISHED. EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY 2025. The Book of the Month February 2025.
Notable Points in the Design History of the Doxford Opposed Piston Marine Oil Engine
£25.00
This beautiful book was researched and written by John Jordan and the late Rodney Cartridge who had been Doxford apprentices, designers, test and marine engineers, bringing their own perspective of the development of the engine covering a large proportion of the lifetime of the oil engine design and production, from 1910 to 1985.
Sailor's Heart
£11.95
Sailor's Heart: A story of courage and cowardice. Three men fight for their country in the Arctic Convoys of WWII, then for their sanity and dignity, subjected to experimental psychiatry
In the Shadow of Piper Alpha
£9.99
It is a sensitive and compelling exploration of the experience of trauma for the survivor and for those closest to them.
How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World: Ice Age to Mid-Eighth Century
£25.00
Nautilus Telegraph's book of the month for September 2022
Skipper's Cockpit Weather Guide
£12.99
The book is a useful primer or overview for RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore students by following the contents of the course in clear, practical language, with diagrams, photographs, explanations and bulleted lists.
PS Ryde
£14.95
A new publication being sold in support of the Medway Queen Preservation Society. This book has been written by well known author of Medway Queen books, Richard Halton.
Isle of Man Steam Packet Heyday
£19.95
Nautilus Telegraph's book of the month for August 2022.
The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks
£19.99
Historian Richard M. Jones has put together 50 stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous and in some cases tragic ships in the whole of history.
Glimpses of the Falklands War
£20.00
BMMHS celebrates 5th Anniversary in 2024 - 10% discount in May.
TS Warspite
£12.99
Nautilus Telegraph's book of the month for October 2022
In the Wake of the Gods
£20.00
In the Wake of the Gods: A cruising companion to the world of the Greek myths
From War to Peace
£25.00
From War to Peace: The Conversion of Naval Vessels After Two World Wars